#2: Re: Lane Courtesy
Posted on 2008-03-14 04:52:45 by gpsman
On Mar 13, 11:46 pm, Scott in SoCal <<a href="mailto:scottenazt...@yahoo.com" target="_blank">scottenazt...@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:
> <a href="http://www.motorists.org/lanecourtesy/home/but-im-driving-the-speed-l..." target="_blank"> http://www.motorists.org/lanecourtesy/home/but-im-driving-th e-speed-l...</a>
>
> But I'm Driving The Speed Limit
>
> If lane courtesy is such a great concept and a win-win situation for
> all highway users, why do some drivers refuse to embrace it?
>
> Failure to yield the left lane or taking actions that make it easy for
> others to merge into traffic are often caused by nothing more sinister
> than simple inattention and distraction. Excuses for deliberately
> refusing to accommodate other drivers include: "The left lane is
> smoother. If I stay in the left lane the faster traffic in the right
> lane doesn't have to pull out to pass me. I can see better in the left
> lane." And the all time champion, "I'm driving the speed limit and I
> shouldn't have to move over for law breakers."
>
> Targeted education and enforcement will effectively address the
> unconscious drivers, "smooth laners" and visually impaired. The "it's
> my road and as long as I drive the speed limit I can camp in the left
> lane" mentality is a greater challenge.
>
> From a very practical perspective, speed limits do not represent the
> actual travel speeds on most highways. These limits are typically
> based on arbitrary political numbers that have no relationship to
> valid engineering based standards. As a result, a motorist doing "the
> speed limit" in the left lane may be in serious conflict with the
> prevailing traffic. This results in abrupt lane changes, erratic speed
> changes, and no small amount of hostility.
>
> This is a classic example of how a poorly conceived public policy
> (i.e. arbitrary speed limits) results in multiple unintended negative
> consequences. Setting aside this conundrum, there are additional
> reasons to always yield the left lane to faster traffic.
>
> Something as simple as speedometer error can result in a five-MPH or
> greater difference in vehicle speeds, although both read the same
> speed. The motorist seeking to pass in the left lane may be responding
> to a family or health emergency. Another possibility is that faster
> left lane vehicles are preceding an emergency vehicle and are seeking
> an opportunity to merge right. The bottom line is that no valid
> purpose is served by blocking the left lane when other vehicles wish
> to pass.
What about as an anti-JLEDI practice...?
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- gpsman
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#3: Re: Lane Courtesy
Posted on 2008-03-14 05:02:05 by necromancer
On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:46:47 -0700, Scott in SoCal
<<a href="mailto:scottenaztlan@yahoo.com" target="_blank">scottenaztlan@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:
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><a href="http://www.motorists.org/lanecourtesy/home/but-im-driving-the-speed-limit/" target="_blank"> http://www.motorists.org/lanecourtesy/home/but-im-driving-th e-speed-limit/</a>
>
>But I'm Driving The Speed Limit
>
>If lane courtesy is such a great concept and a win-win situation for
>all highway users, why do some drivers refuse to embrace it?
See the .sig for answer....
>Failure to yield the left lane or taking actions that make it easy for
If they would just KRETP to begin with, they wouldn't need to, "yield
the left lane."
>others to merge into traffic are often caused by nothing more sinister
>than simple inattention and distraction. Excuses for deliberately
>refusing to accommodate other drivers include: "The left lane is
>smoother.
Really? I hadn't noticed that.
>If I stay in the left lane the faster traffic in the right
>lane doesn't have to pull out to pass me.
<snort beer>
> I can see better in the left lane.
Yeah, right....
>" And the all time champion, "I'm driving the speed limit and I
>shouldn't have to move over for law breakers."
They must have interview our very own SFB for that steamer...
>Targeted education and enforcement will effectively address the
>unconscious drivers, "smooth laners" and visually impaired. The "it's
>my road and as long as I drive the speed limit I can camp in the left
>lane" mentality is a greater challenge.
Deal with the, "its my road...." types with a Chinese style execution:
bullet to the back of the head and a bill for the bullet sent to the
next of kin.
>From a very practical perspective, speed limits do not represent the
>actual travel speeds on most highways. These limits are typically
>based on arbitrary political numbers that have no relationship to
>valid engineering based standards. As a result, a motorist doing "the
>speed limit" in the left lane may be in serious conflict with the
>prevailing traffic. This results in abrupt lane changes, erratic speed
>changes, and no small amount of hostility.
>
>This is a classic example of how a poorly conceived public policy
>(i.e. arbitrary speed limits) results in multiple unintended negative
>consequences. Setting aside this conundrum, there are additional
>reasons to always yield the left lane to faster traffic.
>
>Something as simple as speedometer error can result in a five-MPH or
>greater difference in vehicle speeds, although both read the same
>speed. The motorist seeking to pass in the left lane may be responding
>to a family or health emergency. Another possibility is that faster
>left lane vehicles are preceding an emergency vehicle and are seeking
>an opportunity to merge right. The bottom line is that no valid
>purpose is served by blocking the left lane when other vehicles wish
>to pass. Let the police sort out the reckless and irresponsible
>drivers.
All they have to do is look for the slow fucks in the left lane.
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"You can't legislate away people's right to be assholes!"
--Wesley Snipes as Simon Phoenix
in "Demolition Man."
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